Daredevils
Subtitle: 21 stories of extraordinary daring--with exercises for developing reading comprehension and critical thinking skills
By: Henry Billings, Melissa Billings.
Contributors: Billings, Melissa Stone.
Series: Critical reading series
Publisher: Jamestown Publishers
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Lincolnwood, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
Subjects: Readers (Middle school); Readers (Elementary); Reading comprehension -- Problems, exercises, etc; Explorers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Athletes -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Daredevils -- Biography
Genres: Problems, exercises, etc.; Biography; Juvenile literature.; Biography.
Other titles: Daredevils :
Description: Nonfiction articles profiling adventurers, sports heroes and stuntmen. Each is followed by reading comprehension and critical thinking exercises.
Notes: "Levels F-H."
Table of contents: title: Maniacs on bikes; title: "Queen Bess" Coleman; title: Jackie Chan : actor and stuntman; title: Rodeo clowns; title: Christiane Amanpour : on the front lines; title: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay : conquering Everest; title: Craig Breedlove : speed on wheels; title: The Great Wallendas : danger on the high wire; title: Mary Kingsley : explorer; title: Mario Andretti : racing legend; title: Julie Krone : jockey; title: Climbing frozen waterfalls; title: Hollywood stuntwomen; title: Cristina Sanchez : bullfighter; title: Operation Desert Hell : fighting oil well fires; title: Picabo Street : fearless skier; title: elephant keepers; title: Tour de France : world-famous bicycle race; title: Free diving daredevils; title: Alison Hargreaves : mountain climber; title: Cliff diving in Acapulco.